Jerome Johnson, 39, was killed in a road rage–style shooting on the evening of Monday, December 19, 2022, in the parking lot of Will Henry’s Tavern on Rockbridge Road in Stone Mountain, Georgia. Johnson, who worked as the tavern’s night manager and had been on the job about eight months, was in his vehicle when an argument with a man on a bicycle escalated and the cyclist produced a firearm and shot him. Johnson was taken to a nearby hospital and later died of his injuries.

Gwinnett County police say officers, a K-9 unit and a helicopter responded after a call about a suspicious person matching the suspect’s description. They arrested 27-year-old Jonnathan Bladimir Hernandez of Lilburn without incident; he was booked on charges including felony murder and aggravated assault and made an initial court appearance. Friends, patrons and colleagues held a candlelight vigil and left flowers and cards at a makeshift memorial; family members described Johnson as kind, quiet, and protective of others, and his mother set up a GoFundMe to help with funeral costs.

Did anyone in the Stone Mountain area see the parking lot confrontation that night or know more about interactions between Johnson and the bicyclist?